(VI) Abel, son of Peleg Sprague, was born in Lebanon , Connecticut , January 27, 1737 -38. He moved to New York State before the Revolution. According to the federal census Abel Sprague was living in 1790 at Hebron , Washington County, New York , and had in his family one son under sixteen and one female. This was probably his son Abel. Another Abel, the only other living in 1790, according to the census, was at Cortland , Westchester County , New York . The tradition that Abel was killed by the Indians may be due to the fact that his father lost his life in the French and Indian War.

(VII) Abel (2), son of Abel (1) Sprague, was born in 1766, died in 1842 at Lewbeach. He was one of the pioneers of Rockland , Sullivan County, New York, where he was employed in 1815 to cut out and make the Hunter Road . Children: 1. William, mentioned below. 2. Abel, born 1795, died 1870, probably others.

(VIII) William, son of Abel (2) Sprague, was born in 1789 in New York State , probably at Hebron . He died at Lewbeach. He had a son Erastus, mentioned below, and William.

(IX) Erastus, son of William Sprague, was born in 1824, died in 1894. He married Mary Ann Purvis. They lived at Rockland , Sullivan County, New York. Among their children were; 1. Stanley Hudson, mentioned below. 2. Warren E., born 1856, had son Kenneth A., born in 1887.

(X) Stanley Hudson, son of Erastus Sprague, was a farmer at Livingston Manor, having an excellent dairy and a very productive farm, a mile north of the village. He married, October 21, 1885 , Olive M., born August 20, 1860 , daughter of Jacob and Rachel De Puy (see De Puy II). Children: 1. Frank Howard, born October 5, 1886 . 2. Floyd Lee, twin of Frank Howard. 3. Corliss Erastus, February 24, 1891 , died October 11, 1912 . 4. Harriet Isabel, March 8, 1900 .

(The De Puy Line).

(I) Elias De Puy lived at Hasbrouck in the town of Fallsburg , Sullivan County, New York. He married Helen Broadhead. The De Puys were of French ancestry.

(II) Jacob, son of Elias De Puy, was born at Hasbrouck , New York . He was educated in the public school, and succeeded to the

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homestead which he bought of the other heirs, after his father died. He married, in 1858, Rachel, daughter of Isaac and Maria (Townsend) LeFevre, of Ulster County , New York . Children: 1. Olive M., married Stanley Hudson Sprague (see Sprague X). 2. & 3. Elmer and Anna, twins, Elmer lives in spring glen, and anna married Charles Taft and lives in Ellenville. 4. Gilbert. 5. Carrie, married (first) Isaiah Hasbrouck, and (second) Arthur Hoyt, now living at Walton , Delaware County, New York . 6. Cecilia, married John Logan, lives in Delaware County . 7. Mary, married Thomas Logan. 8. Delia, died young.

SEYMOUR. Tradition holds the usual three brothers responsible for this family in America , one of these brothers being a sea captain. They immigrated from Scotland but their arrival or designation on coming here are unknown to the present generation. One of these brothers founded the family herein treated of, and has two sons, Daniel and William.

(I) William Seymour, born 1773, died 1848 at Plattekill , Ulster County, New York . He was probably born at that place but of this the family is uncertain. He was a farmer in that place and did much to build and improve conditions. He married Charlotte Lockwood, born 1778, died 1862, daughter of Timothy and Susannah (Mott) Lockwood. Children; 1. Polly, married Isaac Fowler, of Marlboro , Ulster county, New York : children: i. James, ii. Seymour , iii. Eliza, iv. Charlotte , v. Mary A., vi. Ellen, vii. Theresa. 2. Charles, married Eliza Fowler: children; i. William, ii. James, iii. Margaret. 3. Timothy, lived in Plattekill , New York ; married Sarah A. Ayres: children: i. Mary, ii. Roeanna, iii. George, iv. Theodore. 4. Andrew, of whom further. 5. Susan, married William Fowler; children; i. Daniel D., ii. Charlotte , iii. Emily. 6. Isaiah, married Marie Gee. 7. William, married Harriet Fowler; children: i. Althea, ii. Olive, iii. Sarah, iv. Maria, v. Isaiah. 8. Daniel D., married Elizabeth Hoffman, children: i. Charles, ii. Egbert, iii. Albert, iv. Chris Jane, v. Elizabeth, vi. Emeret, vii. Charlotte , viii. Amelia. 8. Charlotte , married John Gale, children; i. William, ii. Isaiah, iii. Sylvanus, iv. Charlotte , v. Rebecca, vi. Mary Susan, vii. Electra. 10. Lucinda, married John R. Haight; children; i. Luther, ii. Seymour , ii. Charlotte, iv. Rachel Jane, v. Mary, vi. Isaac Sutton. 10. Electra, married James Emendorf.

(II) Andrew, son of William and Charlotte (Lockwood) Seymour, was born September 29, 1895, on his father's farm at Plattekill, Ulster County, New York, died November 22, 18980, and is buried in the Wallkill Valley Cemetery, New York. His entire life was devoted to farming and its natural surroundings. He served as a captain in the general training, but was too old to answer his country's call in 1860. He married (first) Rebecca church; children: 1. Charlotte , born June 25, 1829 ; married Benjamin Huston, of Milton New York, children: i. Charles, ii. Andrew, iii. Benjamin, all deceased. 2. Rebecca, born November 25, 1830, now living at Modena, Ulster County, New York, aged eighty-three years; she married Johile Seymour, children: i. Mary, ii. Charlotte , iii. George, iv. Oscar, v. Theodius. Andrew Seymour married (second) Hannah Fowler, born June 29, 1816, died March 8, 1888, daughter of James and Sarah Fowler. Children: 3. Timothy, born November 8, 1832 , died 1890, married Hannah Dayton: children: i. Milton D., deceased, ii. Norah, married Roy Ludlow, and lives in Newburg, New York . 4. Melissa Ann, born June 28, 1834 , married Daniel D. Gerow, who died June 23, 1897 ; widow living in Walden; children: i. Stevenette, ii. Lillie E., iii. Lizzie, deceased, iv. Mary, deceased, v. Solomon. 5. John C., of whom further. 6. Sarah, born December 14, 1841 , married James Brown, children: i. Willett, ii. Anna. Iii. Jacob, iv. Lena , v. Andrew, vi. Lulu. 7. Mary, born May 2, 1848 , married Lewis F. J. Dayton, and has one child, Eva, with whom she lives, surviving her husband.

(III) John C., son of Andrew and Hannah (Fowler) Seymour, was born March 17, 1837 , on his father's farm at Plattekill , Ulster County, New York . He attended the local schools when young, but early in life engaged in farming and followed that life until 1880. On April 1 of that year he removed to Walden, Orange county, new York , and opened up a butcher shop, which he conducted with fair success for twelve years, when he retired from active business life and is spending the twilight of his life in the pleasant atmosphere of his home surroundings. His political leanings are toward those advocated by the Democratic party, and he has served his village as one of the trustees. He attends the Methodist

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Church. He married Martha E. Brown, born in Plattekill , New York , October 19, 1840 , died February 13, 1904 , daughter of James and Fila (Waring) Brown. One child, Mary Elma, married James A. Kelso, of Walden , New York .

STRANG. It has been commonly supposed and frequently stated that this name was originally L'Estrange, but this seems to be a mistake. The account of the family here give is based on recent critical study. The original spelling of the name, used on the Continent of Europe, and formerly in England and in America , was Streing. So the American progenitor of the family spelled his name. In 1705 his name is found in the modern form. It may be that he had by that time accepted the anglicized spelling, but it is also possible that he own spelling is not correctly represented in this document. In English, the spelling Strang nearly represents the French pronunciation; thus it supplanted the exact French form.

(I) Daniel Streing, the founder of this family, was born about 1661, died at Rye, Westchester County, New York, about 1707. His will was dated December 16, 1706 , and proved February 11, 1707 . It is probable that he was of Orleans , France . In a catalogue of the students at the academy of Geneva , in 1672, appears the name of Daniel "String", of Orleans . His wife's family was from that place, also the Thibou family, with which the Strang family has been intimately connected. Tradition says that he was brought up in mercantile business, which he entered at the age of twenty-two; that he married about the same time, and that his wife's parents were then citizens of Paris . Soon after, it is said, he engaged in business in company with Gabriel Hubert. In 1685, the Edict of Nantes was repealed. Streing, being a Huguenot, went to London , and he procured a lieutenancy in the Guards of King James II. His property in France was confiscated. Mrs. Streing was left in France ; she made a pretext to go beyond the gate, and left her two-year old child as a pledge for her return, but she fled and joined her husband in England , leaving the child. (About 1740 a man came to America who claimed to be this child. His statements not being entirely credited, he said that he was going to France to bring additional proof. But he did not come again to America .) About 1688 Daniel Streing sold his commission in the Guards, and embarked for America . His first American home was at the ancient Huguenot village of New Rochelle , Westchester County , New York , to which place he proceeded after his arrival at New York City . There he obtained a lot, upon which he lived. He became a farmer and grazier, but did not succeed in this unaccustomed business. Without abandoning it, he entered the mercantile business also. Removing to Rye , he became an innkeeper, storekeeper and farmer. He acquired land at White Plains also. Mr. Streing seems to have been a man of superior intelligence and culture. When the principals of the colony at New Rochelle were required to nominate two for justice of the peace, they named Mr. Streing as the only one who met the qualification of knowledge of English. At New Rochelle he was justice of the peace and lieutenant of infantry. He was a member of the Reformed French church at New Rochelle , and in his later years a ruling elder.

He married Charlotte Le Mestre, born about 1668, died at rye about 1722. The following list of his children is not complete, other names are, in fact, given in a document of denization, in England , but there is reason to suspect some confusion, and there is no trace of any of them in America . One son, left in France , has already been spoken of. Children: 1. Louison, married Jean David, probably married (second --------- Fargee. 2. Penelope, born about 1687; married Samuel Purdy. 3. Daniel, of whom further. 4. Charlotte , born in 1693; married roger Park. 5. Gabriel, born May 7, 1696 ; married twice, he recovered a considerable part of the family estates which had been confiscated in France , and settled in London . 6. Mary Prudence, married John Budd. 7. Henry, married Elizabeth Kissam.

(II) Daniel (2) Strang, son of David (1) and Charlotte (Le Mestre) Streing, was born about 1692. He removed to White plains and settled there upon a farm acquired by his father as one of the patentees. About 1714 he settled in the man of Cortlandt. He married Phebe Purdy, perhaps daughter of Joseph Purdy; she died in 1761. Children: 1. Daniel, married Elizabeth Galpin. 2. Francis, married Elizabeth Hyatt. 3. Joseph, born

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February 27, 1725 ; died August 2, 1794 ; married (first) April 16, 1750 , Jemima Budd, (second) may 18, 1763, anna Haight. 4. John, died about 1740. 5. Gabriel, died about 1760l; married Hannah Clements. 6. Phebe, married Abraham Purdy. 7. Elizabeth , married Joseph Sackett. 8. Henry, of whom further.

(III) Henry, son of Daniel (20 and Phebe (Purdy) Strang, was born in 1739, died, probably, July 22, 1802 . Settling at Yorktown , Westchester County , New York , he engaged in farming, grazing, butchering, tanning and shoemaking. He was a captain of the militia, and suffered much in the Revolution. He was obliged to plow with his gun on his shoulder. He married, May 11, 1701 , Margaret, daughter of Thomas Hazard, of the island of Nassau , who died March 25, 1822 . Children: 1. Thomas, born April 2, 1763 , died July 29, 1851 ; married (first) Elizabeth Sammis, (second) Abby Brown. 2. Ann, born September 30, 1764 , died August 30, 1834 ; married, August 16, 1785 , Daniel Horton. 3. Elizabeth , born in September, 1766, died in 1857 or 1858; married, November 17, 1792 , Seth Whitney. 4. Sarah, born august 7, 1768, died in 1860. 5. Ebenezer, born March 11, 1776 , died in November, 1865; married (first) November 10, 1795 , Jemima Conklin, (second) Hannah Conklin. 6. Daniel, born May 18, 1772 , died May 2, 1869 ; married (first) March 18, 1796 , Sarah Rider, (second) Sarah Hutchins. 7. Nathaniel, born July 18, 1774, died November 6, 1864; married Sarah lent. 8. Phebe, born December 28, 1776, died January 9, 1856; married, December 13, 1802, Ammi Keeler. 9. Hannah, born March 13, 1778, died March 13, 1865; married, January 8, 1801, Daniel Baldwin. 10. Henry, of whom further. 11. Margaret, born December 6, 1783, died July 22, 1822, married, May 10, 1808, Ebenezer Wood. 12. John Hazard, born June 7, 1785, died September 20, 1878, married, September 20, 1812, Elizabeth Ann Purdy. 13. Martha, born March 26, 1787, died August 15, 1879; married, May 8, 1810, James H. Purdy.

(IV) Henry (2), son of Henry (1) and Margaret (Hazard) Strang, was born September 3, 1781, died November 26, 1860. His home was at Yorktown, and he was a farmer. He married, in 1818, Catherine, daughter of Rem and Catharine Adriance, of Fishkill, New York. Children: 1. Margaret, born July 12, 1820; married, January 31, 1845, Frederick G. Brewster. 2. Washington, of whom further. 3. Mary Anne, born September 10, 1823; married, December 5, 1845, Abijah Lee. 4. Isaac Adriance, born December 19, 1825; married, February, 1848, Hester Montross. 5. Letitia, born December 19, 1825; married February 29, 1848, Alexander Titus.

(V) Washington , son of henry (2) and Catharine (Adriance) Strang, was born t Yorktown, October 11, 1821, died at Yorktown, May 26, 1911. The family, in the church troubles at Yorktown, had followed the Presbyterian cause, and he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He married, February 13, 1849, Mary, daughter of Abijah and Elizabeth (Strang) Lee, who died April 16, 1896. Her parents lived in Putnam County, her mother's home before marriage being at Jefferson Valley; Abijah lee, however, was born at Yorktown. He was a farmer, and later kept a boarding house. Children of Abijah and Elizabeth (Strang) Lee: 1. Elijah. 2. Jane. 3. Mary, married Washington Strang, of whom herein. 4. John Strang Lee, married Nancy Perry, of Elgin, Illinois. 5. Catharine, married (first) Samuel Fowler Strang, (second) John S. Lilly, of Illinois. 6. Abijah, married Mary Ann Strang. 7. Elizabeth, married Anzi Slawson, of Mahopac Falls, Putnam County. 8. Joseph, married Harriet Travis, of Putnam Valley. 9. James F., married (first) Elizabeth Nelson, (second) Belle Haines. 10. Henry F., married Anna Cooper, of Philadelphia. Of these children, the first four were born at Yorktown, the others at Putnam Valley. Children of Washington and May (Lee) Strang, all born at Yorktown: 1. Elizabeth Ann, born January 15, 1850, died April 26, 1907. 2. Henry, of whom further. 3. John lee, born March 17, 1856, died April 29, 1907; married, November 15, 1882, Hannah Lee, born December 16, 1855, died May 26, 1907, daughter of Enos and Julia Frances (Wildy) Lee. 4. Mary, born December 29, 1858.

(VI) Henry (3), son of Washington and Mary (lee) Strang, was born at Yorktown, July 25, 1853. He is a farmer at Yorktown. For more then thirty years he has been a trustee and elder of the Presbyterian Church. He has never married; his sister Mary, also unmarried, lives with him on the old home-

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stead farm of Judge Elijah Lee, his great-grandfather.

WRIGHT. James Wright, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, lived at Lake Mahopac, town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York. He was a farmer and stone mason. He married Mary Ann, born December, 1816, daughter of Robert and Anne (Tompkins) Wixon. Children, all born in Putnam County: 1. Abraham, married Dora --------; child, Geneva, married William Mead, of Lake Mahopac. 2. James R., referred to below. 3. Nathaniel T., unmarried. 4. Mary, E., unmarried. 5. Hannah, unmarried. 6. Susan, married Asa Hopkins, of Putnam County; children, all born in Putnam County: Frederick, Abraham and John.

(II) James R., son of James and Mary Ann (Wixon) Wright, was born in Putnam county, New York. He was a carpenter and builder. He married Sarah Augusta, daughter of Levi and Nancy (Whitney) Owen. Her parents lived in Putnam County. Her mother was a daughter of Washington Whitney said to have been the first man in the stove business at Peekskill; he also conducted the Lovejoy Hotel in New York. Judge Thomas Whitney and peter Whitney were brothers of Washington Whitney. Children of Levi and Nancy (Whitney) Owen, all born in Putnam county: 1. Silas J., married Martha Warren; child, Washington. 2. Thomas, married Delia Croft, of Westchester County, New York; children: i. Estelle and ii. Minnie. 3. Washington, married Ada Depew, of Peekskill. 4. Fayette, married Jane Lickly; child, Owen Lickly, who was justice of the peace at Kents Cliff, Putnam county; Jane (Lickly) Owen married (second) Silas Drew; child, Sadie, now an actress known on the stage as Margaret Drew. 5. Maria, married Andrew Dean, of Lake Mahopac, a farmer ; children, all born at Lake Mahopac: i. Jessie, ii. Lillie, iii. Julia, married Robert Austin, of Lake Mahopac. 6. Sarah Augusta, referred to herein. 7. Phoebe, married John Lester, of Peekskill; child, Mamie, married Charles Morehouse. Children of James R. and Sarah Augusta (Owen) Wright, both born at Peekskill: 1. James R., referred to below. 2. George A.

(III) James R. (2), a son of James R. (1) and Sarah Augusta (Owen) Wright, resides at Peekskill. He is a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Benevolent and protective Order of Elks, of Peekskill Lodge, No. 744, an exempt fireman, and an honorary member of the Cortlandt Hook and Ladder Company. He married Catherine Frances Simon, of New York City. Children; 1. Catherine Sarah, born April 20, 1908. 2. James R. (3), born at Peekskill, September 1, 1909.

LOHMANN. Lohmann in German means "Tanner", "Loh" means "tanning bark" or "tan", and "Mann" stands for "man". The ordinary word for "tanner" in German is "Loher", but this seldom appears as a surname. Other compounds with "Loh" are "Lohbrann" meaning "tawny" or "auburn", and "Lohaus" meaning "bark-kiln", and these are also used as surnames. In America the families bearing the name are usually immediately Holland Dutch in origin. The name appears in the forms Lohmann, Lohman and Loman. The earlier and philologically correct being now the rarest of these forms.

(I) Peter Lohmann, the immigrant ancestor of the family of the Lohmanns here dealt with, was born in Holland and died in New York. He came to this country from Holland some years before the Revolutionary War, during which he served in the British Army under General Burgoyne and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Saratoga. He married but there is no available records of the name of his wife.

(II) Peter (2), son of Peter (1) Lohmann, was born at Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, in 1780, died at Kinderhook in 1840. He lived at Kinderhook the greater part of his life and was engaged in agricultural and allied pursuits. He married Polly, daughter of a Mr. Derwilliger, who lived in the neighborhood. Among his children were; 1. Peter, born at Kinderhook, in 1812, married Catharine Smith. 2. John R., mentioned below.

(III) John R., son of peter (2) and Polly (Derwilliger) Lohmann, was born January 14, 1804, died at Catskill, Greene County, New York, June 4, 1882. He settled at an early date in his life in Greene County, in the neighborhood of Catskill, and engaged for some time in farming and similar occupations. He finally engaged in the carriage business and

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this became his life's main work. He was a man of considerable business ability and energy, and made his business a lucrative one. He took interest in public affairs, particularly in those relating to his own town and neighborhood, but there is nothing to show that he ever held or sought to hold any public office either in the gift of the town or state. He was a man possessed of deep religious principals, and was a regular attendant at the service of the local church. He was treasurer of the engine companies. He married, in the year 1835, Mahala Vanhoesen, born September 6, 1795, died August 13, 1890. The children were: 1. Charles G., mentioned below. 2. Alexander S., born July 31, 1838, died April 30, 1901.

(IV) Charles G., elder son of John R. and Mahala (Vanhoesen) Lohmann, was born at Catskill, Greene County, New York, July 31, 1838, died January 28, 1910. Charles G., like his father, engaged in various pursuits in his youth and early manhood, and finally became engaged in the boating business, in which he continued until the time of his death. In the fifties Mr. Lohmann worked for a few year in the Jay Gould tanneries in Goldsborough, Pennsylvania, and later after running on river steamboats as fireman and engineer, entered the employ of the Hoboken Ferry Company, and was engineer on the boats of that line up to a few years before his reitrement. In an obituary notice a local newspaper says of him: "Modest in demeanor, pleasant in manner, and kind in all things, 'Charley' Lohmann was a model citizen--his whole life was singularly free from the weaknesses of humanity and he will be missed by many." He married (first) Elizabeth Fuster, who died April 15, 1902; (second) Elvira R. Brower, (third) Mrs. Fannie M. Anderson, widow of Charles Anderson, and daughter of Zachariah Smith.

The grandfather of Mrs. Fannie M. (Smith-anderson) Lohmann was Jeremiah Smith. He lived at Hunter, Greene County, New York, where he was engaged in farming. He had four children: i. Thomas, ii. Cornelia, iii. Fanny, and iv. Zachariah, of whom further.

Zachariah Smith married (first) Maria Van Schonig. He lived with his family in Greene County, being himself engaged in the saw mill business. His children were; 1. Cornelia, married Asaph Broadhead, both of them being now deceased. 2. Fannie M., mentioned above, born July 7, 1844, married (first) Charles Anderson, (second) Charles G. Lohmann, as his third wife. 3. Frederick S., married (first) Hattie Hamm, who bore him one child, i. Essie; married (second) Rachel Howland, who bore him children: ii. Fanny, iii. Albert, iv. Walter, v. George W., all living at Amos Post, near Catskill, Greene County, New York. 4. Charles A., married Lurinda Brandon, of Catskill, having three children, i. Charles, ii. Arthur, iii. Alwrene, all now residing at Rockledge, Florida. 5. Seymour W., married and now lives in Baltimore, as a contractor in a large way. 6. John, died in infancy. Zachariah Smith married (second) Margaret N. Wood. The children of this second marriage were: 7. Chauncey. 8. Henry. 9. Kate. 10. Isabella. 11. Mary. 12. George.

MILLSPAUGH. This name is found on the early records of Orange county, New York, spelled Milzpach and Milsbagh. The family originated in Germany and the emigrant ancestor came to this country accompanied by a grown-up family. The valley of the Wallkill, where he first settled, was at that time peopled by German, Dutch, and Huguenot farmers whose frugality and industry soon brought them competence and wealth. Amongst these Jacob Millspaugh, who was then evidently an old man, brought his family of grown-up sons who came with him from the Palatinate where they were all probably born. About 1730, the family settled in the town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York, where one branch of the family has been prominent ever since. The two sons of whom there is a record of descendants are Philip and Matys, or Matthias.

(II) Matthias, son of Jacob Millspaugh, was born in the German Palatinate and emigrated to this country with his father. The journal of the New York Assembly for 1735 records a bill for the naturalization of a number of persons amongst whom are Matys and Philip Millspaugh and two members of the Christ family. This would indicate that both Millspaughs were of age when they emigrated in 1730. In 1738, Henry and Stephanus Christ and Matthais Millspaugh purchased of William Sharpus of New York City, one of the original patentees of the town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York, four hundred and forty-two acres in that town on the

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north side of Wallkill, and opposite the later day village of Montgomery, a little distance back of the stream. They had previously purchased two hundred acres known as the "Christ Mill Lot." The land was of the finest quality, rich and fertile; it was immediately divided amongst them and they began to clear and cultivate it. The first home was dug out of a side of a hill, and there the family was more or less comfortably housed until the dugout was replaced by a more substantial home of logs. The family was energetic and very soon they were in fairly comfortable circumstances. They were members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Montgomery and were among the founders and builders of the old log church in which worship was carried on for many years. Matthias Millspaugh married Elsie Kimbark, daughter of one of the numerous French Huguenots who, like their co-religionists from Holland had found a secure refuge in the fertile and pleasant valley of the Wallkill. The Kimbarks had first settled near Kingston, Ulster County, New York, and later removed in to Orange County.

(III) Peter, son of Matthias and Elsie (Kimbark) Millspaugh, was born and died in the town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York, aged ninety-one years, in September, 1851. He was a physician. He married Sarah Kinderback, of Montgomery, who died May 4, 1859. Children: 1. Dr. Gouverneur, born January 1, 1806, married Sarah J. Cameron, children: i. Peter, ii. Sarah, iii. Alexander, iv. Louisa. 2. Josephine, born May 28, 1808, married William Youngblood, children, i. Peter A., ii. Ophelia. 3. Ophelia, born March 16, 1810, married Spencer West of New York City, child, Daisy. 4. Dr. Bushrod, born April 16, 1812, married Annie McDougal; no children. 5. Antoinette, born September 8, 1814. 6. Laura, born April 14, 1817, married Hiram Weller, children: i. Leonora and ii. Charlotte. 7. Dr. Thomas, referred to below. 8. Mehitable, died in 1828.

(IV) Dr. Thomas Millspaugh, son of peter and Sarah (Kinderback) Millspaugh, was born in the town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York, July 24, 1820, and died in Walden, March 24, 1891. He received the degree of M. D. at Albany Medical College, in 1843 and practiced medicine in Walden, New York, until his death in 1891. He married (first) Amelia Willis, and (second) Caroline, daughter of David W. and Ann (Smith) Scott, who is now living in Walden, New York. Her father was the first undertaker in the town of Walden and died there at the age of thirty-nine years. Her mother died at the age of ninety-one years. Children of Thomas Millspaugh, one by first marriage: 1. A child who died in infancy, and by second marriage: 2. David Scott, born 1851, died by 1891.

KENT. There are several English counties that have originated surnames, as the instance of the surname Kent, which is derived from the name of one of the southern counties of England. These surnames or sobriquets have been given for the most part to persons passing from one county to another. Thus, a person from Derbyshire, a county in England settling in Sussex, another county, would naturally get from his rustic neighbors the appellation of "the Derbyshire man". And at length the dropping of the unnecessary words would leave him simply called "Derbyshire", and that in course of time would be his surname. Analogous to this is the origin of such names as French, Scott, Welsh, Fleming, bestowed on foreigners who had settled in England. In some cases, however, names of that kind had a more dignified origin. Thus it was the habit among the Normans to assume names from some territory or district, prefacing them with the preposition "de", as "deBurgo", the great Norman Irish family whose name has now been curtailed to Burke. As time went on, the "de" was usually dropped in the case of these names and merely the territorial designation remained, whether the name of county, district or town.

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